Applications for the state's Secured School Safety Grant program opened Monday. The funding can be used for things like hiring school resource officers or making safety improvements to buildings.

The referendum aims to bring in an estimated $5 million a year for three years to fund school resource officers, teacher and staff training and mental health services for students.

Nothing in state law previously required schools to report to the Indiana High School Athletic Association when a coach who isnt an employee is convicted of a felony.

After two school shootings last year, lawmakers named mental health services in schools a top priority. Many schools across the state say they need more: more counselors, therapists, funding and support.

Some activists and parents wonder if the aftermath of the Noblesville West Middle School shooting fits the same story as other across the country -- shock and outrage, followed by calls for action, but few policies changed.

Mental health and social-emotional learning are a central topics for the two-day training, which comes after two school shootings in Indiana last year.

After two school shootings in Indiana last year, lawmakers and Governor Eric Holcomb called school safety a top priority.

The amendment comes in response to teachers injured during active shooter training earlier this year.

The House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill this week to let schools ask for tax hikes for safety costs alone.

The amendment comes in response to teachers injured during active shooter training earlier this year.